Hello Ya'll,

I am looking for a little advice...I have read the sticky's on the forums and from what I grasp, I think I am at the point where I should be concentrating on weight training.

My goal:
To lose the extra pounds around my mid section (which I think will diminish if I lose 10 pounds) and further tone my body.

My stats:
I am: Female, 132 pounds this pm, 5'3
started at 180 lbs. one year ago and have been dieting and exercising to lose the weight for 1.5 years


What I have been currently doing:

Cardio:
(1)Run 1.5 miles (15 minutes)4xweek and Incline walk to total 30 cardio minutes (I start at an incline of 3 and increase every minute up to 10 and back down)
(2) use the step machine for 15 minutes before I use the strength training machines and after for an additional 15 minutes

Strength train (so I thought):
(1)twice a week (body works plus abs aerobic class)

(2)flop from machine to machine working out different body parts every other day
(3) planks (sometimes 2 for 1 min or sometimes more)

Is the following a good new routine for my goal?
On MWF: (in an attempt to incorporate cardio with strength training)
(1)start with a 5 minute warm up and stretch
(2)Steve's suggested 3 day work out on the sticky (which I found super!)
(3) wrap up with 15 minutes of cardio (either running or step machine)

On Tu:
30 minutes of cardio and 4 one minute planks
cardio to be running, swimming, jogging, aerobic class for 1 hour, shopping for 2 hours (lol)

Daily: Continue moderate dieting (to loose last 10 pounds)?

Update:
I tried Monday's exercise today and here is what I actually did:
5 min stretch
5 min run for cardio
3 sets of 15 squats with 30 lb wt
3 sets of 15 romanian lifts with 30 lb wt
3 sets of 15 row dumb bell pull outs
3 sets of 15 push ups
3 sets of 50 sit ups
1 1 minute plank

I was too tired to finish with additional cardio. Is this okay? I ran 1.5 miles yesterday and incline walked an additional mile for a total of 35 minutes of cardio.


I would appreciate any advice. I am confused with where to go from this point and I think it's more strength training.